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Chris Matthews, Barney Frank yuk it up over ‘f-g burning’ joke
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Chris Matthews, Barney Frank yuk it up over ‘f-g burning’ joke

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It is a little ludicrous to suggest that anyone's right to free speech is impeded by a law protecting the American flag from incineration, when anyone can lawfully decry the flag as a symbol of tyranny, racist exploitation, hypocrisy, or any other evil for which they think America damnable. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Actually, there is a solid case for protecting the flag against burning

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A Department of Veterans Affairs employee is threatening to throw away a Christmas tree that was found in the Philadelphia office. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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War on Christmas: VA threatens to toss tree, ornaments

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Republican leaders in congress showed no desire to propose changes to the law concerning the burning of the American flag. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Republicans reject Trump’s flag burner punishment

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Josh Earnest said elected officials, including the incoming Republican president, should strive to protect freedom of speech and expression
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White House rejects Trump’s call to jail flag-burners

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In 2005, while still a New York senator, Clinton introduced legislation that would make flag burning illegal. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
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Before Trump, Hillary Clinton wanted flag burners sent to prison for a year

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Flag burning has always been a controversial and emotional issue in United States politics. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
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Why you do (and should) have the right to burn flags

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Hillary Clinton, then a senator from New York, reportedly opposed a constitutional amendment that would criminalize the desecration of the flag, but introduced legislation in 2005 and backed a second bill in 2006 that would criminalize flag burning. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Flashback: Clinton introduced bill to criminalize flag burning

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Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., called on President-elect Trump to stop saying that millions of votes were cast illegally without any proof of such large-scale voter fraud taking place. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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GOP lawmaker to Trump: Knock off the baseless voter fraud claims

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The Supreme Court ruled in 1989 that burning the American flag is a protected form of free speech. (AP Photo/Beck Diefenbach)
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Trump suggests jail time or ‘loss of citizenship’ for burning flag

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